From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] check_connected: relay errors to alternate descriptor
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 21:27:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160716012755.GC30820@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbn1yn4r8.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:19:23AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
> > + /*
> > + * If non-zero, send error messages to this descriptor rather
> > + * than stderr. The descriptor is closed before check_connected
> > + * returns.
> > + */
> > + int err_fd;
>
> Theoretically speaking it may be possible that a caller may want to
> write to fd#0 if it closed the standard input before creating the
> output channel for multiplexing into a sideband, but I think this
> design strikes a good balance between the theoretical correctness
> and usability. Using err_fd == -1 as "no redirect" may allow the
> caller to redirect the errors to fd#0, but that forces normal users
> to explicitly set this field to -1.
Yep, I had all of those thoughts while writing it, but decided that "0"
was worth it to keep the initialization simple (though since we have
CHECK_CONNECTED_INIT, the "-1" would only have to appear there).
What decided me were two things:
- directing to fd#0 really is theoretical; you'd have to close stdin,
and you shouldn't do that. You should redirect it from /dev/null
(and our sanitize_stdfds() makes sure that we're not surprised by
any callers)
- "struct child_process" uses a similar zero-initialization
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-16 1:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-15 10:25 [PATCH 0/12] push progress reporting and keepalives Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:26 ` [PATCH 01/12] check_everything_connected: always pass --quiet to rev-list Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:28 ` [PATCH 02/12] rev-list: add optional progress reporting Jeff King
2016-07-15 18:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-16 1:23 ` Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:28 ` [PATCH 03/12] check_everything_connected: convert to argv_array Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:30 ` [PATCH 04/12] check_everything_connected: use a struct with named options Jeff King
2016-07-15 18:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-16 1:24 ` Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:32 ` [PATCH 05/12] check_connected: relay errors to alternate descriptor Jeff King
2016-07-15 18:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-16 1:27 ` Jeff King [this message]
2016-07-15 10:32 ` [PATCH 06/12] check_connected: add progress flag Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:33 ` [PATCH 07/12] clone: use a real progress meter for connectivity check Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:34 ` [PATCH 08/12] index-pack: add flag for showing delta-resolution progress Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:35 ` [PATCH 09/12] receive-pack: turn on index-pack resolving progress Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:36 ` [PATCH 10/12] receive-pack: relay connectivity errors to sideband Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:36 ` [PATCH 11/12] receive-pack: turn on connectivity progress Jeff King
2016-07-15 10:43 ` [PATCH 12/12] receive-pack: send keepalives during quiet periods Jeff King
2016-07-15 17:24 ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-16 7:56 ` Jeff King
2016-07-19 5:28 ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-19 10:07 ` Jeff King
2016-07-19 16:05 ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-20 13:28 ` Jeff King
2016-07-15 19:18 ` Junio C Hamano
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